The primary objective of the Quiet Spike(TradeMark) (Gulfstream Aerospace, Savannah, Georgia) (QS) flight research program, figure 1, was the aerodynamic and structural proof-of-concept of a telescoping, half-scale, sonic-boom suppressing nose boom on a F-15B (McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri, now The Boeing Company, Chicago, Illinois) airplane. The program goal was to collect flight data for these disciplines to 1.8 Mach. In the area of stability and controls, the primary objective was to assess the effect of the spike on the stability, controllability, and handling qualities of the airplane. The primary goal of this test philosophy was maintaining safety of flight. Flight-validated simulator predictions were used for envelope clearance to sequentially higher dynamic pressure, Mach number, angle of attack or sideslip.


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    Title :

    Stability, Control, and Handling Qualities Analysis of the F-15B Quiet Spike(TradeMark) Airplane


    Contributors:
    T. H. Cox (author) / S. C. McWherter (author) / C. Moua (author)

    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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